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Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Rocket launches, Farrah Faucett, Billards, Ron Santo and Skysailing

Our latest Through the Film Magnifier gallery features Rocket launches, Farrah Faucett, Ron Santo, Billards, Skysailing and more.

The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 33,229, Jim Frost photo: A man gets ready to skysail from the ski slope at Norge Ski Hill in Fox River Grove in September of 1974.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 51,591, Dave Tonge photo: Actress Farrah Fawcett-Majors talks to the media about here career after Charlie's Angles, her latest movie, Sunburn, and her straighter hairdo at the Ritz-Carlton in Chicago in August of 1979.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 51,591, Dave Tonge photo: Actress Farrah Fawcett-Majors talks to the media about here career after Charlie's Angles, her latest movie, Sunburn, and her straighter hairdo at the Ritz-Carlton in Chicago in August of 1979.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 51,591, Dave Tonge photo: Actress Farrah Fawcett-Majors talks to the media about here career after Charlie's Angles, her latest movie, Sunburn, and her straighter hairdo at the Ritz-Carlton in Chicago in August of 1979.
The Daily Herald archive, Assignment # 87,355, Rich Chapman photo: A group of boys take a break during Little League tryouts in Barrington in April of 1987.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 24,290, Bob Strawn photo: First graders in Arlington Heights were serving breakfast to their parents in January of 1972.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 24,290, Bob Strawn photo: First graders in Arlington Heights were serving breakfast to their parents in January of 1972.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 42,892, Anne Cusack photo: Patrons keep watch on a pool match at a local billiards hall in Palatine in February of 1977.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 42,892, Anne Cusack photo: A man lining up his pool shot at a local billiards hall in Palatine in February of 1977.
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 98,465, Bob Chwedyk photo: Hazel Kvackey and Edward Marshall dance as senior prom queen and king at Benchmark Retirement Center in Hoffman Estates in June of 1989.
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment 31,664, Jay Needleman photo: These kindergartners learned about ceramics in class in March of 1974 in Elk Grove Village.
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment 31,664, Jay Needleman photo: This kindergartner was very focused as she worked on her ceramics project in her class in March of 1974 in Elk Grove Village.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 49,938, Charles Cherney photo: Professional model Barbara Garvos works with students in modeling class at the Hoffman Estates Park District in February of 1979.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 49,938, Charles Cherney photo: They could be the Cheryl Tiegs of the future or maybe even Miss America. But in the meantime, Debbie Hernandez and Marcia Chapa are getting modeling tips through a Hoffman Estates Park District class. The class, taught by professional model Barbara Garvos, provides students with tips and a photo session.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 12,140, Mike Seeling photo: Don Cervantes of Shakey's Pizza Parlor in Hoffman Estates show how the pizzas are made to Schaumburg Township Cub Scouts in January of 1969.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 33,083, Mike Seeling photo: Kids chowing down on watermelon in Elk Grove Village during a watermelon eating contest in August of 1974.
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 98,819, Vince Pierri photo: These kids were looking for a prize buried in the hay during the Buffalo Grove Days festival in September of 1989.
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment 31,901, Jay Needleman photo: Kindergartners at a Mount Prospect school learn about stethoscopes from the school nurse in March of 1974.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 26,725, Jim Frost photo: Miss America of 1973, Terry Anne Meeuwsen, autographed photos of herself at MEMCO in Arlington Heights in October of 1972.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 12,522, Bob Finch photo: This Cub Scout watches his car head down the track during a Pinewood Derby in Schaumburg in February of 1969.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 12,522, Bob Finch photo: Cub Scouts watch their cars head down the track during their Pinewood Derby in Schaumburg in February of 1969.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 33,083, Mike Seeling photo: A student lights the fuse that will send a rocket in Schaumburg Township Dist. 54's astronomy class into the air. The program offered students in-depth work in astronomy in July of 1974.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 33,083, Mike Seeling photo: A student ignites one of the rockets in Schaumburg Township Dist. 54's astronomy class to send it high into the air. The program offered students in-depth work in astronomy in July of 1974.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 33,083, Mike Seeling photo: Bill Ellis turns the switch that ignites one of the rockets in Schaumburg Township Dist. 54's astronomy class and sends it high into the air. The program offered students in-depth work in astronomy in July of 1974.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 43,871, Dave Tonge photo: DJ Chuck Weismuller with his traveling disco stereo equipment, plays music at an apartment complex in Mount Prospect in May of 1977.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 24,439, Bob Finch photo: Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo speaks to diabetic children and their parents in Arlington Heights in February of 1972. Santo, who was a diabetic from age 12, stressed that diabetics can lead normal lives is the disease is controlled properly.
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